FedEx Delivery Sufficiently Akin to Priority Mail Express for Petition Service
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21
A PTAB panel found FedEx sufficiently akin to Priority Mail Express to meet the petition service rule, and to the extent necessary further waived the regulatory requirements related to the timing of Petitioner’s (TIZ Inc. d/b/a Provi) service of its petition for a Covered Business Method (CBM) patent review based on specific facts of the case. In doing so, the panel instituted a CBM review of the challenged claims. The Petitioner deposited the petition with FedEx on September 15, 2020, and the...
By: Jones Day